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What’s the Deal with Intensity?

What’s the Deal with Intensity?

Programming is largely about adjusting parameters and storing data. There are many different parameter types we adjust, but one is treated very differently than all the rest. Intensity is the only parameter that we can always say that we know the importance between high and low values. It is also the original parameter that was adjustable for lighting the stage.

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Illustration by Andy Au

Making It Affordable

Few shows are put on without a budget. In the 30 years I’ve been gigging, I may have only done a handful of them. And they were private shows for billionaires. Even giant shows like the Rolling Stones travel on a budget. Of course, ticket prices at any event are directly reflected by this budget. Thus, to put on the greatest show on the planet, you may have to charge exorbitant amounts. But that’s not saying you cannot design a large, original design within your budget constraints — you just have to figure out how.

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Rose.Rabbit.Lie at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. Photo by Erik Kabik of Retna

LD Nick Whitehouse Lights New Kind of Venue in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – For Rose.Rabbit.Lie., the nine-room venue at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas that offers visitors a new range of dining, clubbing and theatrical experiences, LD Nick Whitehouse provided a design on behalf of Spiegelworld, the venue concept developer.  Whitehouse included Clay Paky fixtures in the grandMA2-driven rig. Justin Spangler of Covington, LA-based PSX Audiovisual Technologies provided the gear and served as the integrator on the project.

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Ironman Sound Industries Expands, Relocates

BRENTWOOD, MO — Ironman Sound Industries (ISI), a lighting, video, staging and sound rental company based in this St. Louis suburb, announced its relocation to an expanded facility a block away from its previous location. The new address is 290 Hanley Industrial Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144.

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